Highland Street in West Duluth will be temporarily closed from 59th to 62nd Avenue West during the daytime on August 14-15. This is due to CN Railroad's routine inspection of the Highland Street bridge.
Traffic detour signs will guide drivers to use Olney Street instead. The closure is scheduled only for the daytime, allowing the road to be open in the evenings. For large vehicles, alternative routes include Vinland Street, Boundary Avenue, Highway 2, I-35, Cody Street, and 59th Avenue West.
By DANA KAZEL St. Louis County's request for funding to stabilize the eroding shoreline of the privately-owned Scandia Cemetery, has cleared an important hurdle. The Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) today voted to include $1.44 million for the project on its list of recommendations
"It's important for people to recognize that we could be dealing with air quality impacts for a long time to come. These impacts could likely vary from day to day, and even hour by hour; and may also vary depending based on location across our large county." -- Amy Westbrook
Smoke from the wildfires also is creating dangerous air quality conditions across the region. By Wednesday morning, air quality throughout St. Louis County was expected to reach hazardous or very unhealthy levels.
A Red Flag Warning is in effect from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday across 13 northern Minnesota counties because of extreme wildfire danger, according to the National Weather Service. The warning covers Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater, Cook, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau
Wilf also addressed the family’s long-term commitment to the franchise amid soaring NFL team values and recent ownership sales. The Vikings are not being positioned for an exit. The next generation of the Wilf family is becoming involved, and ownership intends to remain in place.
Tim Meyer is a Duluth architect and community builder. Reach him at tim.meyer@meyergroupduluth.com Robotics and artificial intelligence are not distant possibilities. They are already changing how we manufacture products, design buildings and organize work. The question is no longer whether our children will encounter these technologies. It
DULUTH, Minn. — Matt Baumgartner is no longer president of the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce following his second drunken-driving arrest since taking charge of the organization in 2021. The chamber’s board of directors announced Baumgartner’s departure Wednesday, two days after prosecutors charged him with second-degree driving
Hanson is a No. 1 college defenseman entering his prime, and UMD’s championship ceiling will be tied directly to how completely he controls the back end.
